Former Ben & Jerry’s Employee Details Efforts to Sway Company on Israel Decision

The Algemeiner Shiryn Ghermezian JULY 27, 2021 Susannah Levin. Photo: Screenshot. An ex-employee of Ben & Jerry’s who left the company after it announced that it was ending sales in the West Bank elaborated on her efforts to dissuade the ice cream maker from boycotting Israel. For 21 years, graphic designer Susannah Levin worked exclusively […]

States move to freeze out Ben & Jerry’s over Israeli settlements boycott

At least five states take steps on investments, contracts The Washington Times By Valerie Richardson | Monday, July 26, 2021 Photo: Kate33 / Shutterstock.com The decision by Ben & Jerry’s to pull its products out of Israeli settlements in the disputed territories has U.S. state officials threatening to give the ice cream manufacturer the cold […]

UCSD Student Wins Award for ‘Courage and Leadership’ on Israel Education, Antisemitism

San Diego Jewish World July 23, 2021 Sivan Barashy. Credit: StandWithUs. SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — University of California, San Diego (UCSD) student Sivan Barash, a 2020-21 StandWithUs (SWU) Emerson Fellow, has been named the first-place winner of the prestigious Roberta Seid Award for Courage and Leadership. The award is named in honor of SWU’s […]

Tokyo Olympics mark historic first by remembering Israelis slain in ‘Munich massacre’

Victims commemorated at opening ceremony 49 years later The Washington Times By Valerie Richardson Saturday, July 24, 2021 Photo: Chaay_Tee / Shutterstock.com The Tokyo Olympics made history by honoring the Israeli team members killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics , marking the first time the games have recognized the slain athletes at an opening ceremony. […]

Ben & Jerry’s graphic designer quits over Israel boycott

Susannah Levin, who has been working with the ice cream giant for 21 years, severs ties with the company “effective immediately,” asserting that “anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism.” Ben & Jerry’s move “is part of this despicable trend and I will have no part of it.” Israel Hayom 07-25-2021 Photo: enchanted_fairy / Shutterstock.com Susannah Levin, […]

Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever: Recap and Frequently Asked Questions

On July 19th, 2021, Ben & Jerry’s announced they would cut ties with their factory and licensee in Israel and, “end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” at the end of 2022 . Ben & Jerry’s is owned by an international corporation called Unilever, but also has an independent board which […]

Paul Koretz Condemns Ben & Jerry’s, Urges Them to Reverse Course

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 21, 2021 Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz sent a letter to Ben & Jerry’s on July 21 condemning their July 19 decision to cease operations in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” and urging them to reconsider. Koretz noted that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is celebrating over Ben […]

Jewish Rights Groups: Johns Hopkins University ‘Must Do More’ After TA’s Anti-Israel Tweets

Newsweek CARLY MAYBERRY 7/21/21 The controversy surrounding the anti-Israel tweets of a Teaching Assistant (TA) at Johns Hopkins University won’t go away, as Jewish rights groups press the university to reveal the actions they have taken against the young graduate student who posted them. In a series of tweets, copies of some of which were […]

StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson on Ben and Jerry’s – ILTV

Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson sat down with ILTV to discuss the recent policy announcement by Ben and Jerry’s. Join our campaign to protest the discriminatory boycott by Ben and Jerry’s and auto-send a letter to the CEOs and top execs of Ben and Jerry’s and Unilever, their parent company here: https://p2a.co/zXvY5AK

Jewish groups await action by Hopkins on TA considering grading ‘Zionists’ lower

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate FAYGIE HOLT July 20, 2021 Six months after a teaching assistant at Johns Hopkins University polled followers on Twitter about giving “Zionist students” lower grades, the school has yet to take any public action, according to a July 9 letter to school administrators. StandWithUs joined with the Louis D. Brandeis Center in […]

Sarsour Announces Twitter Hiatus After Endorsing Tweet Mocking IDF Involvement in Surfside Rescue

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler | July 7, 2021 Photo: a katz / Shutterstock.com Former Women’s March, Inc. leader Linda Sarsour announced that she’s taking a hiatus from Twitter after coming under fire over endorsing a tweet mocking the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) efforts in helping rescue the victims of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida. […]

Locals grab clean drinking water outside the Rocky Ridge Gas and Market in the Hard Rock Chapter o

Native News Online BY ANDREW KENNARD | JULY 15, 2021 ROCKY RIDGE, Ariz. — The Rocky Ridge Gas and Market is the only store in a rural Navajo community in northeastern Arizona. It offers a variety of basic needs, including food, toilet paper and, most recently, clean drinking water. From a concrete pad next to […]

Jewish orgs calls on Hopkins to affirm no tolerance for antisemitism

The Jerusalem Post JULY 16, 2021 Photo: Alejandro Guzmani / Shutterstock.com More than six months after a Johns Hopkins University teaching assistant posted on social media what Jewish organizations have called overtly antisemitic posts, the university has not yet made a public action to affirm that antisemitism will not be tolerated according to StandWithUs (SWU) […]

Whatever happened to that John Hopkins teaching assistant who wanted to punish ‘Zionist students?’

The Forward Stewart Ain | July 15, 2021 Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has reportedly concluded its investigation into the actions of a teaching assistant who asked in a tweet last Nov. 15 if she could lower the grade of “Zionist students” because of their support for “ethnic cleansing.” But the university has not disclosed […]

Does Technology Share or Shape History?

Princeton Perspectives A Closer Look At What Matters To Princeton Lisa Jacknow July, 2021 In Princeton, we are lucky to be able to stand in front of the home where Albert Einstein spent his final years, touch the gravestone of Aaron Burr or walk along the battlefield where soldiers fought during the Revolutionary War. Now […]

LAUSD School Board Unanimously Passes Resolution Condemning Antisemitism

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 14, 2021 The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board unanimously passed a resolution on July 13 condemning antisemitism, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The resolution, which was introduced by School Board Member Scott Mark Schmerelson, stated that “there has been a significant rise in hate crimes here […]

NBA legend Rick Barry visits kids at basketball camp in Jerusalem

The Hall of Famer stopped by the International YMCA to speak with youngsters about the fundamentals behind the sport. Jewish News Syndicate NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry talks with kids at a basketball summer camp held at the Jerusalem International YMCA on July 8, 2021 (July 13, 2021 / JNS) Retired National Basketball Association […]

Jewish groups to rally in Washington amid growing antisemitism

“As antisemitic attacks have become more frequent… concern in the Jewish community and among our allies has reached a fever pitch,” says Melissa Landa, director of Alliance for Israel, which is spearheading the rally. Israel Hayom By JNS and ILH Staff Published on 07-06-2021 Photo by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132701445@N06/18662006614/ Dozens of national and local Jewish organizations are […]